Machine for folding and compressing cotton-batting



(No Model.)

H. REMBERT `lVIACHIlXU. FOR FOLDING AND GOMPRESSING GOTTON BATTING.

l .,-f-.UNITED :STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

' HENRY REMBERT, -oF'WiLLIs-Assienoa or ONE-'HALF To on 'MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS;

in the county of llviAcHl'roar-'ou FOLDING AND colvl-P nl-:ssING'l CQTTQNABATTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters patent No; 4i7`,o92,aatea' December In, 1889.

' apprenne fina october 3.o, 1888. y serial No. assez?. nio modelo" ToaZZ whom/.it may concern'.- I

1 Beit known that-LHENRY RnMBERr,'a citizenof the United States,

Montgomery and State of Texas, have invented a newvand useful -Improvement in Machines for Folding and Com-- pressing Cotton-Batting,

ing is a specification.

My invention machinesfor folding and compressi-ngcottonot which the followbatting as it is fed from a gin-condenser and for forming the same into bales; and it consists inthe peculiar construction and combination of devices forthA hereinafter, out in the claims. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is' a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View taken on the line a; of Fig. 1.

A represents an or platform, which supports B, and has is mounted on vertical a series of anti-friction Don its upper side and arranged in' opposite sides thereof.

E represents a carriage, which is guided and supported on the .rollers C and is adapted to move back and forth on the table A. The said carriage is connected by a pitman F to a crank-Wheel, which latter is rotated by an engine or Vmotor,. (not 'shown and is thereby caused to reciprocate the carriage, as Wil-l be readily-understood.'

H represents apair of rollers, which are journaled in standards K, that rise above the table A, y A said rollers are arranged at a suitabledistance apart.

-I represents a ,pair of vert-ical standards, which arearranged at a suitable distance beyond the inner end of theA table A, and in the said standards is journaled a*v pair of rollers K', which are arranged in proximity to each other, one above the other, and lhave their opposing side's at above' the plane ofthe rollers K has a pulley table'. Each of the L,the said pulleys'being connected by endless belts (not shown) to a suitable'countershaft, whereby the rollers residing at Willis,

.which has j belt, (not showm) rela-tes to an improvement in rotate in the direction indicated bythe'arrow' that will be more fully setv I and particularly pointed' elevated horizontal table near one end of the latter, and the condenser, the' cotton' a suitable. distance are rotated in `opposi te directions, as indicated by the arrows in Fig, l.. 4 Ata suitable distancel from wise connected to andy drivenby an endless and causes the roller N to thereon. In the lower ends ofthe standards M is journaled small roller .0. I represents a platform or bed in thessame D. M. CAMPBELL,

the 'Stan dars .Iis another pair of standards M, inthe upper .ends of which is journaled a large roller-N,

at one end a pulley that is like#- planewith 'the lower ends of the standards M, and extending from thestandards I to a suitable distance beyond the standards M,

and on the said bed arearranged series of'v i anti-friction rollers R, which are journaledin blocks S.

T represents' a carriage, Whichiis arrangedand supported on the rollersR and is adapted to move longitudinally on the.-bed P.

- The operation of.myinvention is as fol-'f lows: The machine is arranged With its rollers II under the cotton-condenser, and as the web of cotton leaves the condenserlit is directed between the opposing sides of the roll ers II and onto the carriage E. The said rollers Il being rotated by means similar to those hereinbefore described, the web is compressed between them, and as the carriage E moves back andfo'rth in the direction' of its length the web ot' cotton is caused to be arranged thereon in successive .folds The rollers II bear on thefolds of cotton, compress Y the same on ythe carriage E as the cotton accumulates, and thereby serve, to diminish the bulk of the cottonlas will be readily understood. lWheniasuiticient number, usually' ten foldsfifty pounds of cotton-'have been thus disposed. on the carriage, the web is severed at a point between the rollers II'and the package is moved from thecarriage, when the latterisimoved rear` ward near tothe rollers K, and the folds of cotton thereon are slid between the engaging sides of said rollers K', and as the latter ro-i tatethe folds of fcotton are drawn between them and compressed and discharged ont-o the carriage T, onvwhich a suitable number ot' baling hoops or straps U have been previously arranged. lThe carriage E continues UDC to operate as before described, but the earriage T remains stationary until a sufficientnumber of bundles of cotton have been conveyed thereto and arranged one on top of another to forni a bale. The free ends of the strapsor ties U are then passed over the cotton on the carriage rl and arranged in position to be secured together when the cotton is compressed, and the operator then moves the carriage T rearward and causes the cotton thereon to be caught between the rollers N Oand compressed suficientlyy to form a bale. As each of the ties II in succession passes between the rollers its ends are secured together, and when the cotton emerges from between the rollers N O the same has been thereby formed into a bale, as will be readily understood.

Ilaving thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, the reciprocating carriage E, ported on the said table, the rollers H, arranged at a suitable distance above the table, for the purpose set forth, and the-rollers K', arrangedat the rear end of the table, and means, substantially as set forth, to rotate the said rollers, substantially as described.

2. he cotton-compress comprising the platformv A, the carriage E, movable longitudi with the table A, of

nally thereon, the rollers H, arranged above.

the rollers K *at the inner or rear the same,

guided and supfl end of the platform, therollers N' O at a suitable distance from the rollers K, and the carriage T, movable longitudinally under the roller N, substantially as described.

3. he combination, with a fixed unyielding table provided with a series of loosely-mounted rotatable unyielding rolls ofa uniform size, of an unyielding reciprocating carriage mounted for reeiprocation upon the rolls, and a superimposed pair of rolls unyieldingly mounted above the carriage, said rolls being in a horizontal plane with each other, substantially as specified.

4:. The combination, with a table provided with a series of transverse rolls of the same size, a reciprocating carriage mounted on the rolls, and a pair of superimposed feedingrolls arranged in line with the carriage, of a base arranged at the end of the table and provided with two opposite pairs of standards, the pair nearest the end of the table having vertically-opposite rolls, and the other pair of standards having a single roll, and a series of transverse feeding-rolls mounted onthe base, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the 'foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY REMBER'I.

Witnesses:

A. H. TRAYLOR, E. 1)'. T. bonneterie 

